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Heart failure means your heart cannot pump blood the way it should. Your heart can grow weak as a pump and cause systolic heart failure or it may grow very stiff and unable to relax efficiently causing diastolic heart failure. These two conditions may exist separately or together. Heart failure" doesn't mean that your heart has stopped or is about to stop working. However, it is a serious condition that requires expert medical care. Heart failure may be characterized by shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pain, swelling of the ankles and nightime breathlessness. If you have any of these symptoms seek medical attention.

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